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OFD MAILBAG Our Thoughts And Prayers Are With Dexter Williams

We are about 100 days away from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish facing off against the Michigan Wolverines inside Notre Dame Stadium. While that's awesome and all — it also means that we are about to begin the hardest part of the offseason... June. The month of May still has all those Draft stories

Syracuse football opens as slight favorite vs Western Michigan

We're just under 100 days from the Syracuse Orange football season kickoff, but betting lines are already out for game one. Syracuse opened as 1.5-point favorites against the Western Michigan Broncos, and that line's since risen to 5.5, putting a little more distance between SU and the home team

Buck Buxton member of Tennessee Vols 1997 SEC title team dies at 41

Former Tennessee defensive back Fred White talks the 1997 SEC Championship Vols team William “Buck” Buxton, a member of the University of Tennessee's SEC championship team in 1997, died Tuesday at his home in Waynesboro, Ga. He was 41. The Vols finished 9th nationally in his junior season and 7th

Red Sox rally in 9th Price helps 3-hit Rays in 4-1 win

Xander Bogaerts sparked a three-run rally in the ninth inning, David Price pitched the bulk of a three-hitter and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win. Bogaerts doubled off Alex Colome (2-5) to drive in J.D. Martinez, who reached on a throwing

Warriors irked by Game 4 loss confident heading back to Houston

The series between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets is all tied at two games apiece, but the Warriors know they dropped the ball prior to heading into Game 5 on Thursday in Houston. "We know we let one slip away.

Jarvis Landry considers himself “the best receiver in the NFL”

Jarvis Landry has more catches than any other player in NFL history in his first four seasons. Yet, Landry ranked only 52nd in the NFL Network’s list of top-100 players. Landry considers himself better than that. In fact, he considers himself “the best.” “I consider myself the most complete receiver,

Alabama tabs ex-Tennessee staffer Welton as new player personnel director

TUSCALOOSA — Alabama has named former Tennessee director of player personnel Bob Welton to the same position. Welton, who reportedly started last week, comes to Alabama after leading Nebraska's recruiting operations during the spring following a five-year stint as the Volunteers' director of